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My previous employer is calling me and saying I stole from…

My previous employer is calling...

My previous employer is calling me and saying I stole from Him on at least one occasion and my invento ry was off $1,000 for the last 3mo. I worked. he is holding $1,300 in commissions until he decides if he is going to press charges. I did do some repair work for 2 customers that had obsolete machines. I used some used parts and billed the customers for parts labor at a reduced amount and pocketed the cash.One customer purchased a machine fromthe same employer and as service manager I recommended a maint. contract which he bought from my previous employer. 1 other customer that i was servicing before I started with my employer. An older gentleman that had a small tax service in his home. Over the last 15 yrs of taking care of these customers (with my employer for 9 yrs) I probable charged these two customers $800.00. I wrote a letter to my employer stating the two occasions ? should I send it to him. I called him and said i had regrets but what he is accusing me is alot more than the two.

Anything you say can be used against you as the basis for a prosecution, and it's not any kind of a defense to say, "Yes, I'm a crook, but I'm not as bad as you think."

Line yourself up a criminal lawyer. Talk to him about what you did and didn't do and not to anyone else. And don't mail that letter unless your lawyer has seen it and approves of it. (He won't).

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Customer reply replied 8 years ago

Dear expert,

Should I even make a call to my previous employer to explain the times I charged customers and pocketed the funds. Or should i wait for him to prosecute and not discuss the matter at all with him. I had to relocate to Chicago with my wife and left this employer 3mo. ago . I had a 9yr. carreer and was promoted to Branch mgr. after about 5 years. I thought i had a good relationship.

There is only one person on earth that you should be discussing all of the details of this incident with, and that is your lawyer. Do NOT call your previous employer. There's no explanation that will justify what you did. You can't make this better, but you sure can make it worse.

If your old boss calls you, if the company's loss prevention department or Human Resources contacts you, or if the police call you, simply tell them all that you're going to take your lawyer's advice and not discuss this.

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